Section 148 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Costs of independent examinations held by Secretary of State

Costs of independent examinations held by Secretary of State 148 1 Section 303A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (responsibility of local planning authorities for costs of holding certain inquiries etc) is amended as follows.

2 In subsection (1A), after “section 20” insert “ , 21(5)(b), 27(3)(a) ” .

3 For subsection (9A) substitute— 9A A reference to a local planning authority causing a qualifying procedure to be carried out includes a reference to the case where under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004—

a the local planning authority are required to submit a document to the appropriate authority for independent examination, or b the Secretary of State holds an independent examination in relation to a document prepared by the local planning authority, or by the Secretary of State under section 27(2)(a) of that Act.